description Scared Stiff Overview
Scared Stiff is a Bally pinball machine released in 1996 and designed by Dennis Nordman. Its theme draws on horror imagery and features the licensed likeness and voice of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who appears throughout the game’s presentation and audio. The machine uses a dot-matrix display, humorous spoken commentary, and rules based on completing objectives, collecting awards, and progressing through a theatrical haunted-house style playfield.
help Scared Stiff FAQ
Who designed Scared Stiff, and when was it released?
Scared Stiff was designed by Dennis Nordman and released by Bally in 1996 under the Midway-era Bally label. It was one of Bally’s final major machines of that period.
Who appears in Scared Stiff pinball?
The game features the likeness and voice of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, played by actress Cassandra Peterson. Her callouts and horror-host persona are central to the table’s tone.
What physical horror features does Scared Stiff have?
The backbox includes a 3D interactive spider feature, and the playfield uses horror-show props and effects. The table’s presentation deliberately imitates campy late-night B-movie horror rather than aiming for realistic terror.
How does Scared Stiff fit into Elvira’s pinball history?
It followed Elvira and the Party Monsters, a Bally table from 1989. Elvira’s House of Horrors, another Dennis Nordman-designed Elvira machine, arrived much later in 2019 from Stern Pinball.
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